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James Tedesco
Paramus, NJ
News
Coach USA Terminates 20 NJ Transit Lines In Filing For Bankruptcy, NJT 'Exploring Every Option'
The pressure is on for NJ Transit. The company was left high and dry when Coach USA announced it would be terminating its agreement with the major transportation company, halting service to 20 of its bus routes in Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties come Aug. 16. The decision to do so was made amid Coach USA filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A spokesperson from NJ Transit said the company received written notice of Coach's intentions to abandon three of its five contracts in Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson counties "with a cessation of operation at the close of business" on Aug. 16. NJ Trans…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Investigation Underway Into Alleged Improprieties At Bergen Police Academy (
Update
)
In his first extended public comment since claims of misconduct at the local police academy were revealed by Daily Voice last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed that an investigation by his office is underway. “We take all allegations of misconduct seriously, and we immediately began an investigation” into the allegations at the Bergen County Police Academy in Mahwah after being notified of the alleged improprieties. All of the academy’s instructors except one were relieved of their duties by the New Jersey Police Training Commission (PTC) amid the accusations, Daily Voi…
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Firefighters Keep Large Bergen Brush Blaze From Reaching Homes
A firefighter was treated for chest pains during a large brush fire that spread perilously close to homes near the Teaneck section of Overpeck Park. "It's raining ashes," resident Kelly Bacon Fousse said after the fire ignited in the area south of Degraw Avenue between Route 95 and Teaneck Road around 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. Dry, windy conditions spread the five-alarmer, which brought more than a dozen other area departments to Teaneck to assist, Township Manager Dean Kazinci told Daily Voice. One firefighter was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, he said. Although what was …
New Haven, CT
News
Donations Pour In After Father Of 2 Young Daughters Dies In Head-On Crash In CT
Members of the community have raised more than $50,000 to support the family of a 35-year-old Connecticut man who was killed in a head-on crash over the weekend. Tianzhu Yuan, of North Haven, died in a crash that happened in New Haven County on I-95 in Milford at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, police said. A 2018 GMC Sierra 1500, driven by 41-year-old Stratford resident James Tedesco, was traveling south in the northbound lanes and collided with a 2005 Toyota Camry driven by Yuan, authorities said. Police said Tedesco is charged with operating under the influence. A GoFundMe set …
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Charged With DUI After Fatal Wrong-Way Crash
A Fairfield County man has been charged with operating a vehicle under the influence following a fatal, head-on, wrong-way crash on a stretch of I-95 in New Haven County. The "head-on style collision" happened around 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 on the northbound side in Milford in the area of Exit 34 when a 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes, Connecticut State Police said. The male operator of the other vehicle involved in the crash, a 2005 Toyota Camry, identified as Tianzhu Yuan, age 35, of North Haven, was pro…
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco OK After Medical Episode
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco was OK after passing out at a gathering in Ho-Ho-Kus, multiple sources confirmed. The hard-working Paramus Democrat was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for precautionary reasons Wednesday night after he "became light-headed and briefly fainted at a private event," Bergen County Director of Communications Derek Sands said. Tedesco, 68, said Thursday that he'd spent nearly 40 hours out with the county snow plows following the weekend storm -- nothing out of the ordinary for him. "Just a little dehydrated," he said. "Need to slow down just a bit…
Paramus, NJ
News
Poll
: Should
Covid-
19 Approach Be More Aggressive In Bergen County Than Rest Of NJ?
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco has been one step ahead of the rest of the state in the COVID-19 fight since its first confirmed case two weeks ago. On Monday, Tedesco announced a new executive order that would impose a more aggressive action in Bergen than those effected by Gov. Murphy for the rest of the state. Then, on Thursday, Murphy told Tedesco to rescind his order. With the number of cases highest in Bergen County, should the county have its own set of rules?
Paramus, NJ
News
Bergen County Malls Ordered Shut
Bergen County malls were ordered shut in an executive order announced Monday. Bergen County Executive James Tedesco in a tense meeting ordered "all worldly business" come to a halt by 11 p.m. Tuesday. "This is about saving lives," Tedesco said. "If you want to put money over someone's life then shame on you." Click here for more.
Northern Highlands, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen County DPW Worker Killed In Saddle River Tree Removal Operation Identified
A Bergen County DPW worker who killed during a tree removal operation in Saddle River Thursday has been identified by county officials. Thomas Epper, 48, was a two-year heavy equipment operator in the Bergen County DPW, County Executive James Tedesco announced. He was transported fatally injured while performing a routine tree-clearing in Saddle River, Tedesco said. "The Bergen County family mourns with the Epper family," he said in a release. "I want to thank the first responders for their heroic actions together with the work crew that was present at the time." The …
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Bergen County Cooling Centers Are Open: Here's Where They're Located
Several cooling centers in Bergen County were opened by County Executive James Tedesco Monday afternoon to help residents stay cool this week. In addition to libraries, shopping centers, recreation and senior centers that can provide respite, the five regional cooling centers are: County Administration Building, One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Northwest Bergen Senior Activity Center, Center St., Midland Park: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Southwest Bergen Senior Activity Center, Hackensack St., East Rutherford: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bergenfield Senior Center, Murray Hill Terra…
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
News
$2.2M Grant Will Fix 'Seven Pipes' Bridge In Oradell Reservoir
A $2.2 million contract has been awarded to repair the Seven Pipes Bridge in the Oradell Reservoir. Bergen County officials on Thursday awarded a contract to replace the Closter-Harrington Park bridge over the northeastern part of the reservoir. The County expects to begin work on this project in the late Spring of 2018. “Our bridges and roads help make up the backbone of our surface transportation network,” County Executive James Tedesco said. “When our bridges and roads fall into disrepair due to their advancing age, it is important that we repair them because maintaining our infrastr…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
New Contractor Focuses On Ending Months-Long Mahwah Detour
MAHWAH, N.J. – An end may be in sight for frustrated motorists forced to deal with a roughly 5-mile detour in Mahwah since last summer. County Executive James Tedesco recently gave the go ahead to swap the low-bid contractor hired to replace a culvert along the Route 202 corridor with Sanzari Construction, Mahwah Mayor William Laforet said. “I am absolutely convinced that Sanzari is the best solution and that the county executive has done the right thing by making this decision,” he said. “The amount of work that has been done in just a couple of weeks is absolutely extraordinary.” Laforet…
